Newspaper-vending machine



5 Sheets-Sheet s. s. LlEBERMAN Filed Oct. 16, 1922 NEWSPAPER VENDINGMACHINE NEW YORK TIMES A ril 9, m9.

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Patented Apr. 9, 11229.

UNHT ST STANLEY s. LIEIBERMAN, on new roles, in. Y.

NEWSPAPER-VENDING CHINE.

Application filed 'oeto'ber 16, 1922. Serial No. 58 M561.

This invention relates 'to coin-controlled newspaper vending machines,and has for one of its objects the provision of means capable of beingreleased by the insertion of a predetermined number of coins ofpredetermined denomination into said machine for delivering a newspaperand the proper amount of change to the purchaser.

Further ob'ects contemplated by this invention are; the provision ofmeans for normally locking the delivery and change making mechanism andfor releasing said mechanism under predetermined conditions; the:provision of means whereby the machine may 1 equickly and easilyadjusted for selling newspapers varying in price; the provision of meansfor automatically locking the machine and preventing the reception ofcoins of high denominationshould the supply of coins in thechange-making coin reservoir become exhausted; the provision of meansforindicating thename of the newspaper to be vended by the machine; theprovision of automatic means for notifying the prospective purchaserthat the machine is empty of newspapers when the supply is exhausted;the provision of means for rendering the machine inoperative when it isattempted to insert coins of the wrong diameter, thickness or weight insaid machine; and the provision of means for automatically varying theamount of change deliverable inreturn for a coin of high denomination bythe change making mechanism, depending on the price of'the newspapervended. Other objects ef this invention will appear as the descriptionprogresses. p y

In the drawings accompanying this specification, Fig. 1 is a frontelevational view of my improved machine. Fig. 2 is -a vertical sectionof a portion of the same. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line 3-3of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a sectional view similar to Fig. 3 showing part ofthe delivery mechanism in the delivering position thereof. Fig. 5 is atransverse vertical section of my improved machine. Fig. 6 is ahorizontal section of the coin receiving, delivery, and changecontrolling mechanism. Fig. 7 isa transverse vertical section of thecoin receiving and change making mechanism. Fig. 8 is a vertical sectionon the line 8-8 of Fig. 6', showing part of the coin receivingmechanism. Fig.9 is a vertical section on the line 9-9 of Fig -tishowing one of the coin receiving- .devices locked in its inoperativeposition. Fig. 10 is a vertical section on the line 10-10 of Fig. 6,showing the means for locking and unlocking the delivery lever. Fig. 11is a horizontal section on the line 1111 of Fig. 7 showing one newspaperat a time from the bottom of the pile to the purchaser, mechainism forautomatically releasing said lever when a coin'or coins of the properdenomination and size and weight are inserted in said mechanism, anddevices for makin and delivering changeto the. purchaser. he newspapersare preferably arranged horizontally in the compartment 10 of the box 9.Part of the pile of newspapers rests on the fixed support 11 which is ofless width than said compartment and which reaches partway across oneside thereof. (Figs. 3'and 5). A second support 12 for the pile ofnewspapers is arranged on the other side of the compartment 10 andextends part way thereinto. Said support 12 is so arranged that it mayreadily be moved out of the way to allow a single newspaper to beremoved from the bottom of the pile and to be dropped into a deliverychute, as will be described more fully hereinafter.

For withdrawing a newspaper from the bottom of the pile, a frame 13 isprovided. Said frame has an opening 8 therein, preferablyof the size ofthe folded newspaper to be sold, and is preferably arranged to slide insuitable grooves 26 formed in the sides of the box 9. The height of saidframe is made preferably somewhat less than the thickness of said foldedpaper, so that a single paper normally rests in said opening and uponthe supports 11 and 12. Movement of said frame 13 to therig'ht, (Fig.4)carries the newspaper lying therein, out from the bottom of the pileinto a position from which said paper may be readily delivered to thepurchaser. The support 12 is hinged to the outermost edge 14 of saidframe 13by meansof suitable brackets 15 shaped to fit not only the edge14 but also partofthelunder surface of the support 12. At the outer endof the extension arm of the'bracketfll5, is secured the link 17 as bymeans of the'pin 16 operating in a suitable 'slot inlthe lower end ofsaid "link 17. Said link is pivoted at 18 to thebracket 19, which issecurely fastened to the partition 20 of the box 9. he above describedlink 17, together with the brackets 19 and 15 enable the support 12 tobe moved out of the paper supporting position when thehollow frame 13and the nawspaper carried therein are moved horizontally to the right,said support 12 and the link 17 connected thereto assuming the positionindicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 5, in which position the singlenewspaper carried by said frame 13 is unsupported and may easily dropout of said frame. I

' The. mechanism for moving the frame horizontally will now bedescribed. The main delivery or operating lever 24 is pivoted at 23 onthe main bracket 25, said bracket being fastened to the box partition20. An extension 22 on said lever 24 has a slot at the outer end thereofin which the pin 21 on said frame may operate. For maintaining the lever'24 in its normal 'ptisition, a tenslon spring 152 is secured thereto.In order to support the pile of newspapers in the compartment 10 of themachine while the bottom newspaper is being removed by the sliding frame13, a supplementary plate 27 is inserted simultaneously with the removalof the support 12, just above the lowermost paper of the pile. The lever28 is suitably connected at one end thereof to the plate 27 as at 29,and is suitably pivoted to the main bracket 25 as at 30 for movementhorizontally. The other end of the lever 28 carries the pin 31 operatingin a suitable slot in the branch arm 32 of the main delivery lever 24.The plate 27 is preferably bevelled at its left elge 33 to allow theentrance thereof more readily between the two lowermost papers of thepile, and is shown in its innermost position by the dotted lines in Fig.5.

It will be seen from Fig. 3 that on the movement of the exposed outerend of the lever 24 manually to the left against theaction of the spring152, the arm 22 thereof is moved about its pivot 23 to the left carryeing the frame 13 and the paper resting therein to the right a sufficientdistance to clear the support 11. Simultaneously, thebranch arm 32 ofthe lever 24 is moved to the right about its pivot 23, causing thelever28 to rotate about its pivot 30 and thereby to move the plate 27inwardly tothe left in between the two lowermost papers of the pile, andcauses said plate 27 temporarily to support the pile along the rightside thereof. On the above described movement of the frame 13 toward theright, the supporting member '12 moaeee and allows said paper to dropout of said frame. The partition 20 is suitably cut away near the bottomthereof as at 200 to allow the members 27 and 12 to pass therethroughand to allow the lowermost released paper to drop to the bottom of thebox 9 and out through the opening 201 in the front of said box, guidedin its movement by a curved chute of the type usually employed as aguide and hence not-shown.

Means are provided for locking the lever 24 against movement until theinsertion into the machine of coins of the proper number anddenomination to purchase a copy of the newspaper vended, and said meanswill be described in detail hereinafter.

The outer end 256 of the lever 24 is guided by the sides of the opening35 in the guide member 36, and is provided with a cover plate. 34 nearthe end thereof whereby the opening 35 remains covered in all positionsof said lever 24, and tampering with the coin mechanism in said box isprevented. The

hinged to the left side 39 of the box 9 as by means of the hinges 38,said door being locked normally by the lock 40, Figs. 1 and front ofthemachin'e comprises the door 37 3. Near the upper end of said door,(Fig;

2) a slot 41 is provided, through which slot is visible a portion of theflexible sheet 43 on which the titles of the various newspapers which itis intended to sell are printed. Said sheet 43 is normally wound up uponthe rolls 42 and 44 sufficiently to display the name of the papercontained in the newspaper compartment 10, and is guided close to theopening 41 by means of the stationary guide pins 45. The wing nut 47 andgear 46 aremounted on the same shaft on which the upper roll 44 ismounted. Said gear 46 meshes with the intermediate gear 48 mounted onthe bracket, 50; Said bracket is fastened to the inside of the door 37and carries the shafts on which the rolls 44 and up on the other therebychanging the name i of the newspaper displayed to correspond w1th thepaper being vended. Said wing nut being readily accessible when the door37 is opened for inserting newspapers in thecompartment 10, it will beseen that the 4 sheet 43 may be quickly shifted as required.

The means for automatically notifying the prospective purchaser that thesupply of newspapers is exhausted, will now be 'described. The sign 51,reading No papers is normallymaintained below the opening 41 and out ofsight. To the ends of said sign, the levers 54 and 55 are pivotallyconnected as at 52 and 53 respectively, said levers being each pivotallymounted on the door 37, as at 56 and 57 respectively. Grooves areprovided at the inner ends of said levers, in which grooves the pin 60of the substantially vertical link 61, is inserted. Said link 61 has ahorizontal projection 62 at the lower end thereof resting on thecompression spring 63, which serves to raise the link 61 and thereby tomaintain the sign 51 normally down out of sight. When the compartment 10is empty of newspapers, downward movement ofsaid link 61 is efiectedthrough the lever 64. Saidfl lever is pivoted at 66 on a suitablebracket,

by said spring,'and afterwards aided when and is caused to strike thehorizontal projection 62 of the link 61, pulling said link down againstthe action ing the ends 52 and 53 of the levers 54'an'd' upwardly,whereby the sign No papers is raised immediately behind the slot 410ithe door 37 In the position of the parts indicated in Fig. 1, in whichthere are no papers in the compartment 10, the roll 65 on the end of thelever 64, which rests normally on the top of the pile of newspapers, isabout to slip down into the empty space 68 between the supports 11 and12, urged thereto by the spring 67. When said roll slips into the space68, the lever 64 is caused to engage the projection 62 suddenly, therebycarrying the link 61' downwardly and raislng the sign as abovedescribed. It will be seen that since the roll 65 is normall .raised by.the papers outof contact with t e link 61, the spring 63 issufficiently strong to maintain the sign out of visible position, andthat only when the compartment is empty is the stronger spring 67 ableto cause the sudden engagement of the lever 64 and the link 61.

While the improved machine illustrated is designed for the sale ofnewspapers at the price either of two cents or of three cents'a copy, itis obvious sale of newspapers at any desired price. the illustratedembodiment of my invention, the machine has three coin slides numbered101, 102, and 103 respectively. .The slide 101 is designed for thereception of two one cent coins, the slide 102'for the reception ofthree one cent coins, and the slide 103 for the reception of a singlefive cent coin. In the drawings, (Figs. 6 to 11) only the slides 102 and103 are shown in operative position, indicate ing that the newspaper inthe compartment 10 is to be sold at three cents a copy, the slide 101being locked out of operative position until required for the sale oftwo cent papers, when the slide 102 is in turn, locked in inoperativeposition. All of the slides are supported upon the bracket 104 which issuitably secured to the front of the machine. Each of said lides isarranged to operate in a rectangular room in the stationary box front100 at the right of the partition 20. A door 105is disposed below saidfront 100 and ishinged of the slide by thepurc of the spring 63 and movethat it is adaptable for tile n 'jecting from the with the coin holes insaid slide and designed to allow coins smaller than one cent COlIlS tofall entirelythrough the slide and bracket. One end of the compressionspring 106 is arranged to engage said slide, while the other end thereofis abutted. against the side of the that the inward push box 9, in sucha manner iaser 15 first resisted thesame functionyfor the slide 101,while the-.Jsp'ring.1'221acts 'in'the same manner for 'thelsl-ide'103:5? 1

turned ortion2 1Qfthereon extending i-nsi e ofthe box front- :100 anddesignedas a stop for engaging the inside of the box front when "theslide is returnedto its outermost position,,-ready for the insertion ofadditional coins. For, guiding the coins in the slide on the inwardmovement thereof and for preventing the tilting of said coins in saidslide, a guide strip- 109 i's-secured tothe box front 100 in the openingjust above the upper surface of the slides 101 and 102, the undersurface of the coin being fguidedby the upper surface of thebracket-104, until the slide reaches its innermost position. In saidposit-ion, the coins are carriedto an opening as 107 in a coin receivinglever, as 108 and 118, and fall through the slide on to said lever. Thehole 107 extends only part way through the lever 108, a second hole 110,somewhat smaller in diameter than the hole 107 extend -1ng the remainderof the distance through the lever for allowing coins smaller than thoserequire dto operate the mechanism to fall through.

- Each of the slides'101 and 102 hasan u The coin'receiving levers 108and 118 for .receiving three and twocents in coins respectively, beingsubstantially alike and operating in a similar manner, a description ofone will sufiice for both. Each of said coin levers preferably has aknifeedge pivot 112 prounder side thereof and is supported thereby inthe notched bearing 140 for easy. movement about said knife edge.Normally said levers are in a horizontal position, the inward orrearward ends thereof being of somewhat greater wei ht than the outer orforward ends. The preferably weak tension spring 141serves to maintaineach of said levers in its normal position. The lever is so, balanced,however that when the coins drop from the coin slide on to the endthereof, the additionad weight is sufiicient to rotate said lever aboutits pivot against the action of the spring 141 to the position shown 4-aromas in dotted lines at 113, Fig. 8. The coin opening 107 at the endof said lever is enlarged tangentially to allow the coins therein toslide ofl said lever into the branched receptacle 115, aided thereto bythe upward projections 114 on the rim of said receptacle, whichprojections engage and tilt the coins up, and free them from the coinlever. When the door 105 is opened by unlocking the lock 117, thereceptacle 115 becomes accessible for the easy removal thereof togetherwith the coins contained therein. A change making device, a fulldescription of which will follow, is attached to the lower end of saidreceptacle 115 and serves to deliver the proper number of one cent coinsin change when a five cent coin is deposited in the machine in paymentfor anewspaper.

'the roll 129 supported in the forked end of the arm 126, is normallypositioned in contact with and to the left of thepperating or deliverylever 24, (Figs. 3 and '10), and acts to prevent movement of said lever24 and the consequent delivery of a paper, until the proper coins arefirst inserted into the machine. When the coins have been inserted andthe coin slide pushed inwardly, it then becomes possible to move themain lever 24 through a small angle; and after the coins have operatedthe proper coin lever 108 or 118, the remaining delivery movement of thelever 24 is permitted by means of the mechanism which Will now bedescribed. The front end of a longitudinally slidable rod 139 isarranged to engage each projection 210 of the slides 102 and 101 and theprojection or flange 251 of the member 157 operated by the slide 103,said rod being supported for longitudinal movement in a movable bearing143. v The rear end of said rod 139 is secured to the long pin 144,which is-slidably inserted in the up-v per end of the roll operatinglever145. The, lower end 148 ofsaid lever 145 is forked to fit aroundthe roll arm 126, which arm is ob-- liquely disposed in the mac ine. Forsupporting said arm 126, a bracket 128, secured to the side of thecompartment containing the coin mechanism and rotatably mounted on thestud 127, is provided. Said bracket is pivoted to one end of the rollarm 126 as by means of the pin. 131 for allowing limited horizontaloscillation of said arm about said pin, the roll 129 being carried atthebther end of said arm.

When the slide is pushed inwardly, the rod 139 is caused tomove in thesame direc tion by the projection 210 of said slide, thereby rotatin thelever 145 about its pivot 147 in the bracket 146, and causing the forkedend 148 of said lever to move outwardly or toward the front of the box.Such movement of the fork swings the roll arm.126 about its pivot 131and moves the roll 129 a slight distance away from the lever. If nocoins have been inserted in the slide, no further movement of the lever.is possible, and delivery of a paper is prevented. If however, theproper coins have been inserted in the slide, the coin lever 108 or 118is rotated about its pivot sufficiently to bring the contact point 121near the end of said lever into contact with the contact strip 124,closing a circuit not shown to the electromagnet 142. Said magnetthereupon draws down the roll arm 126, swinging said arm together withthe bracket'128 about the shaft 127 and removing the roll 129 from thepath of the lever 24, thereby allowing the further operation of saidlever 24 for the delivery of a paper.

The contact point 121 is insulated from the coin'lever by the insulation123, While the contact strip 124 is insulated from and fastened to andinsulated from the partition 20 as bymeans of the insulation 125, saidstrip, point and magnet being in a normally open circuit which receivescurrent from a. source not shown.

It will be seen that in the mechanism above described the magnet may bedemagnetized immediately after the coins have dropped off the coin leverdue to the breaking of the circuit when the coin lever is pulled back toits normal position by the spring 141. Means are therefore provided formaintaining the roll arm 126 in its lowermost position during. the

' movement of the lever 24. Said means com- 134. The spring 137 securedto said pawl serves to maintain said teeth in engagement until released.

On the movement of the lever 24 for delivering a paper to the purchaser,the bent rod 136 carried by said lever is caused to strike the. pawl134, whereby said pawl is rocked about its plivot 1n the. bracket 138against the action of t e spring 137, and is disengaged from the rollarm126, said arm being urged into its normal locking position ready forthe reengagement thereof with the roll arm tooth, and for the repetitionof the operation.

The lever 145 in connection with the slideoperated rods 139 and othermechanism is .preferably utilized for restoring said slides to theoutermost orforwardmost positions thereof ready for another purchaser. Along, horizontally disposed cross bar 130 is preferably for-med at theupper end of the lever 145, and carries a series of vertically slidablepins 144, which are suitably secured to the rearmost ends of each of therods 139 (Figures 6 and 8). Movement of said lever 145 about the pivot147 is caused by one of said rods 139 when any one of the slides 101,102 or 103 is pushed inwardly. Near the lower end of said lever 145, andabove the fork 148 thereon, a preferably rounded projection 132 isprovided. Adjacent to said projection, a bevelled pin 150 is arranged"for manual rotation in the normal position thereof. Said pin 150 iscarried on the upper end of the bent rod 136 mounted on the maindelivery lever 24 and is urged upwardly by the spring 151. .On thepartial rotation of the lever 145 about its pivot 147 as above describedwhen a coin slide is pushed inwardly, the rounded projection 132 of saidlever rides up on the pin 150, depressing said pin against the action ofthe spring 151, and assuming the position shown by the dotted lines inFig. 10 in which said projection 132 is to the left of said pin 150.

After the roller 129 has been removed from the path of the main lever24' through the action of the magnet 142, said lever is freed by thepurchaser.' Said rotation now carries the pin 150 from its position tothe right of the projection 132 under the projection 132 of the levertion at the left of said projection, at which point the spring 151raises said pin 150 to its uppermost height. After the completion of thedelivery movement of the lever, 24, the purchaser releases said lever,which is brought back to its initial position by means of the spring 152(Fig. 3) as hereinbefore mentioned. On the return movement, the pin 150engages the projection 132 of the lever 145, and carries said projectionwith it to the right, thereby rotating said lever 145 back to itsinitial position. The rotation o the lever 145 moves the cross bar 130thereon and the rods 139 in the proper direction to force the slides101, 102, and 103, or whichever one of the slides has been manipulated,out to its outermost or initial position, ready for the next purchaser.

In view of the change making feature of my invention, it becomesparticularly desirable and advantageous to guard against the possibilityof operating the change making mechanism by means of spurious coins orslugs, in connection with the five cent coin slide 103. Means aretherefore provided for preventing the operation of that mechanism whichis operatively connected to said slide 103 when no coins or when coinsof the Wrong diameter, thickness or. weight are inserted intosaid slide.Said means comprises in part a guide member 154 so secured in the slideopening in the box front 100, by means of the upwardly projectingportion 155, as to leave a space of said guide and supporting bracket104, just high enough to allow a five cent coin inserted in the coinopening 153 of the slide to pass through said space. Said guide memberis adapted to guide the hollow protecting member 157 in its forward andrearward movement, as by means of the upwardly extending flange members158 on the member 157, said flange members being attached to said member157 and arranged to engage and rest on the upper 145 to a posi- 156between the lower face the upper face of the slide p surface of saidguide 154. The member 157 is made hollow by providing an openin 160therein of the same height as that of the slide 103, whereby said slidewhen empty of coins is adapted to enter into said guide opening 160, onthe rearward or inward movement of said slide without operating any ofthe mechanism. However, the slide 103 is made of such thickness orheight that when a five cent coin is inserted in the opening 153, saidcoin projects above said opening an amount suflicient to allow theupwardly projecting art of said coin to engage the forward edge of thewall 159 of said guide 157. On the rearward movement of the slide, theupwardly projecting portion of the coin engages the ber rearwardlyagainst the action of the tension spring 163, thereby uncovering theopening 161 in the coin lever 162. The coin carried by the slide isallowed to fall onto said coin lever when the slide is pushed to itsrearmost position, aided therein by the compression spring 122. It willbe seen that coins of less thickness than the five cent coins cannotoperate the protecting member 157, that those of greater thicknesscannot pass the guidev 154 to reach or operate said protecting member,that coins of greater diameter cannot be inserted in the opening 153 andthat those of less diameter fall through f the opening made for thatpurpose underneath said hole 153 in the bracket 104.

An annular rim 180 is provided near the end of the coin lever 162 at theintersection of the walls of the coaxial holes 161 and 181, of theproper size to support a five cent coin. A coin of less than the properdiameter, if forced into the machine by the slide 103, drops through theopenin 181 and fails to operate the mechanism. -aid coin lever 162 ispreferably supported and balanced on the notched bearing 165 by means ofthe knife edge 164. A bracket 167 is fastened to the wall 168 of the box9. Saidbracket guides the coin levers 108, 118'and 162 in the U-openings211, 212 and 213 respectively (Fig. 5) made in the under side of saidbracket, and has an extension arm 166 thereon in which the notchedbearing 165 is carried. A second extension 169 carries one end of thelever tension spring 172, the other end of which is secured to the coinlever 162.

Said coin lever is preferably made in two arts. The front part 262 hasthe coin openings 161 and 181 therein, and is normally arranged to becontinuous with the remainder 170 of said lever. Said front lever 262has a downwardly extending flange 173, on which the cam member 273projectin toward the left from the edge thereof, is ormed. The rightedge of said flange 173 carries the contact spring 175 suitablyinsulated from the remainder of the lever and in a suitable electriccircuit not shown, to the magnet 142. A

member 157 and moves said memsecond contact point 176 is carried by andsuitably insulated from the post 178 upstanding from the main operatinglever 24, said post being arranged in the circuit above mentioned to themagnet 142.

The lever 162 is so balanced and the spring 172 is so proportioned thatthe weight of the five cent coin on the end of said lever serves todepress the weighted end against the action of the sprin 172 to a pointwhere the contact spring 145 is alongside but not touching the contactpoint 176. The roller 129 1s moved a short" distance out of the path ofthe main lever 24 when the slide 103 is operated, in the same manner andby the same mechanism described in connection with the similar movementof said roller through the slides 101 and 102.

Said slight movement of the roller 129 enables the purchaser to move themain lever 24 sufficiently to bring the contact point 175 of the lever262, and 176 of the lever 24 together, thereby closing the circuit tothe magnet 1,42 and withdrawing the roller 129 completely out of thepath of said main lever. Operation of'said main lever 24 causes thefront portion of the coin lever 262 to be rotated about the pin 171which connects the two portions of the lever 162 pivotally together,against the action of the coil spring 174. Said spring tends to bringthe two lever parts 262 and 170 into their normal continuously disposedposition. Rotation of the lever portion 262 as above described tilts sad portion sulficiently to discharge the com therefrom into the coinreceptacle 221, from which the accumulated coins may be removed by onehaving the keys to the lock 1'17. Said rotation of the lever part 262accomplishes the further result of operating the change making mechanismas will be more fully de scribed hereinafter. After the coin has beendeposited in the receptacle provided therefor, and the lever 24 drawnback to its initial position, the coil spring 174 rotates the leverportion 262 back to its normal position, and the spring 172 carries theentire lever back to its initial position ready for the repetition ofthe operation. If the coin or slug inserted in the slide 103 is not ofthe proper weight, but is too light, the contact point of the lever 262is not brought down far enough to reach a point opposite the contactpoint 176, but remains thereabove, whereby no contact can be made, .norcan the circuit be closed to release the main operating lever 24. Thecoin remains on the lever portion 262 and the slide 103 remains in itsrearmost position, indicating to the caretaker of the machine thatattention thereto is needed. Similarly, if the inserted coin be tooheavy, the coin lever 162 drops down past the contact point 176, and mayslide off said lever, Without operating the mechanism. The retation ofthe part 262 of said lever causes the cam 273 thereon to engage andoperate the change making mechanism, which Will now be described.

The long lever 222 is pivoted at 223 on the bracket 146, which issuitably attached to the side of the box 9. The lower extremity 225 ofsaid lever 222 engages the change plate lever 226 pivoted at 227, andnormally held directly under the pile of one cent coins in the reservoir115 by means of the spring 228. On the rotation of the lever portion 262through the lever 24, the cam 273 engages the arm 229 of the lever 222,rotating said lever 222 about its pivot 223 and thereby causing theplate lever 226 to rotate about its pivot 227 to remove two coins fromthe bottom of the pile to the opening 230 of the change chute 220. Theplate rim 231 is made sub stantially the height or thickness equivalentto that of two one cent coins for the purpose above mentioned.

A second plate lever 232 similar to the lever' 226 is made of thethickness equivalent to that of a single one cent coin and is preferablypositioned above the plate lever 226. Said second plate lever is adaptedto be automatically thrown into operation to act together with the firstplate lever 226 for delivering three one cent coins in change instead oftwo, when the slide 102 is locked out of operation and the slide 101released for operation, as when the selling price of the paper vended istwo cents. Referring to Figs. 6, 8 and 9, the guide strip 109 for eachof the slides 101 and 102 has an opening 233 therein below a similaropening 234 in a stationary angle bracket 235 Which is secured to thefront 100 of the box. When the lock rod 236 is raised out of the opening233, the slide is free to operate.

It will be seen thateither one of the slides 101 I and 102 is alwayslooked against operation by the lock rod 236 passing through both of theopenings 233 and 234 and into either the coin hole 107 or 111 of theslide, so that a paper may be sold at the price corresponding to thenumber of coins needed to operate the unlocked slide mechanism.

The means for raising or lowering the look ing rods 236 comprises inpart the gear 237 on the shaft 238 which is supported in the bracket239, said bracket being preferably secured to the top of the box. Theshaft 240 on which the gear 241 meshing with the gear 237 is mounted, iscarried by the partition 20. Mounted on and rotatable with the shaft 238is the connecting rod 242, one end of which carries the bearing 143,hereinbefore mentioned. That one of said bearings 143 used in connectionwith the slide 101, is secured'to the link 244, which carries asubstantially horizontally disposed rod 245 slidably mounted in thebearing 243 at the lower end thereof. (F 1g. 10). Said rod 245 has adownwardly proj ecting guide rod 246 secured near the end thereof andadapted to move longitudinally mom see in a suitable hole in the arm 225of the change lever 222. When the shaft 338, (Fig. 9) carrying theconnecting rod 342 is rotated as by means of the wing nut 247, the lockrod 236 may be lowered into the opening 233 of the slide 101;simultaneously, the link 244 1s raised, withdrawing the rod 245 fromengagement with the plate lever 232, and causing said lever 232 tobecome inoperative, so that only the plate lever 226 is allowed tooperate to deliver change, and only two one cent coins in change can begiven by the machine with the change mechanism in this position.

It may be desired to lock the slide 102, and

' to release the slide 101, whereby the machine becomes adapted for thesale of two cent papers, and may deliver three cents in change when afive cent coin is deposited. In this event, the wing nut 248 on theshaft 240 is turned in the proper direction to turn the rod 242, therebylowering a rod 236 into the opening 233 of the guide 109 and into thecoin opening of the slide 102 to lock said sllde against operation. Thewing nut 247 is then operated to raise the rod 236 which locks the slide101, thereby releasing said slide, and lowering the link 244 to such aposition that the rod 245 is adjacent to the upper plate lever 232. Themovement of the lever 24 on the deposit of a five cent coin in the slide103 as above described is now effective to cause the lever 262 tooperate the change making lever 222 and the lower plate lever 226, andthrough the rod 245 operates the upper plate lever 232, whereby threeone cent coins are removed from the bottom of the pile of coins andexpelled through the change opening 230.

Means are provided for automatically looking the five cent coin slide103 when the coin reservoir 115 is empty of one cent coins so thatchange cannot be made. Said means comprises the support 249 for the pileof one cent coins (Fig. 7) said support being carried at the lower endof the long rod 250 extending to a point above the upturned flange 251of the hollow member 157. The tension spring 252 on said rod 250 servesto keep the support 249 in contact with the lowermost coin of the pile,by exerting an upward pull in said rod. At the upper end of said rod 250and pivoted thereto is the lever 253 pivoted to the box front 100 at254, so as to rotate about the pivot 254, said lever being so arrangedas to have the left end thereof 1o wered into engagement with the flange251 when the rod 250 is raised. This engagement occurs when thereservoir 115 is empty, whereupon the support 249 being no longer helddown by the weight of the coins, is drawn into said reservoir by thespring 252, thereby rotating the lever 253 about its pivot 254 intoengagement with the flange 251 and preventing horizontal movement of theslide operated member 157 until the weight of the coins inserted in thecoin receptacle 115, is

suficiently great to lower the rod 250 and the support 249.

It will be understood that the mechanism" shown and described herein ismerely illustrative of my invention; that I do not wish to limit myselfto the specific devices shown, and that changes may be made in theproportions, arrangements, materials and design of the varioussub-mechanisms without depart ing from the scope and the spirit of myinven tion.

I claim:

1. A newspaper vending machine comprising a compartment for holding apile of newspapers therein, means for removing and delivering a singlenewspaper at a time from the bottom of the pile, locking means for saiddelivering means, and coin controlled means for releasing said lockingmeans, including a coin slide, a pivoted coin lever adapted to beoperated by a coin dropped therein by said slide, means interposed inthe path of said delivering means, and means operatively connected tosaid coin lever for removing said interposed means from the path of saiddelivering means, and means for delivering coins in change;

2. In a newspaper vending machine, means for delivering a newspapermeans for controlling said delivery means operated by a predeterminednumber of coins of a denomination less than the price of the newspaperor by the insertion of a single coin of a denomination greater than theprice of the newspaper, a coin chute for said coins of lesserdenomination, a coin receptacle at the extremity of said chute and meansfor delivering in change a predetermined number of coins of lowdenomination from said coin receptacle on the insertion of said coin ofhigh denomination including means for removing the lowermost coins insaid receptacle and means for receiving a coin of high denominationmovable by the coin into position for actuating said coin removingmeans.

3. In a newspaper vending machine, means controlled by a coin of higherdenomination than the price of the newspaper for delivering a newspaper,a coin slide adapted to receive a predetermined number of coins of lowdenomination simultaneously, said slide controlling saiddelivering'means, a coin receptacle for said coins of low denomination,and means for delivering change for said coin of higher denominationfrom said receptacle.

4. In a newspaper vending machine, means adapted to receive a coin ofpredetermined higher denomination than the price of the newspaper, areservoir for coins of low denomination, means controlled by said coinreceiving means and said coin and by a predeterminednumber of said coinsof low denomination for delivering a newspaper, means for deliveringpurchasing coins of low denomination into said reservoir, means forarsea anei eaeaai ie a delivering the proper number of coins from saidreservoir in change, and means for automatically locking said coinreceiving means against operation when said coin reservoir is empty.

5. In a newspaper vending machine, a coin slide adapted to receive apredetermined number of coins of low denomination for controlling thesale of newspaper at one price, a second coin slide for a difl'erentnumber or coins of the same denomination for control ling the sale ofnewspapers at another price, a third coin slide adapted to receive acoin of higher denomination than the price of the newspaper to be vendedfor controlling the sale of newspapers at either price, change makingmechanism operatively connected to said third slide, means for lockingone of said first and second coin slides in inoperative position and foradjusting said change making mechanism to deliver the proper number ofcoins of low denomination in change, manually operable newspaperdelivery means and means for normally locking said delivery meansadapted to be released on the insertion of coins to the proper amount inthe unlocked one of said first and second slides or in said third slideand on the movement of the coin filled slide.

6. In a newspaper vending machine, a coin slide, means for delivering anewspaper, means for normally locking said delivering means, means forpartly releasing said locking means on the inward movement of said slidefor allowing partial operation of said delivering means, and coincontrolled means for completely releasing said delivering means.

7. In a newspaper vending machine, means for delivering a newspaper,means for nor mally locking said delivering means, a coin slide, meansfor partly releasmg said locking means on the inward movement of saidslide and means operable by a predetermined number of coins ofpredetermined denomination for completely releasing said locking means,and a guard for preventing the advance of a coin of other than thepredetermined denomination by said slide thereby rendering saiddelivering means operative only on the insertion of a coin of properweight and diameter into said machine.

8. In a newspaper vending machine, a compartment for holding a pile ofnewspapers therein, manually operable means for delivering a newspaperfrom the bottom of the pile controlled by the insertion ofapredetermined number of coins of a denomination less than the price ofthe newspaper or by the insertion of a single coin of a denominationgreater than the price of the newspaper, including a pivoted deliverylever, a roll arranged in the path of and normally preventing movementof said, lever, and coin-controlled means for removing said roll fromthe path of said lever, and means for delivering in change apredetermined number of coins of low denomination.

9. In a newspaper vending machine, a compartment for holding a pile ofnewspapers therein, manually operable means for delivering a newspaperfrom said pile controlled by one of two predetermined numbers of coinsof denomination less than the price of the newspaper and by a singlecoin of higher denomination than the price of the newspaper, including amanually operable delivery lever, and coin slides operatively connectedtosaid lever, and means for delivering change for said coin of higherdenomination.

10. In a newspaper vending machine, means for delivering a newspapercontrolled by the insertion into said machine of one of twopredetermined numbers of coins of lower denomination than the price of anewspaper and by a single coin of higher denomination than the price ofa newspaper, a coin slide for the simultaneous reception ofone of saidpredetermined numbers of coins, a similar coin slide for the other ofsaid predetermined numbers, a third coin slide for said coins of higherdenomination, means for operatively connecting said slides to saiddelivering means, and means for delivering change for said coin ofhigher denomination.

11. In a newspaper vending machine, a reservoir for coins of lowdenomination, normally locked, manually operable means for delivering anewspaper, including a pivoted lever, and a removable obstructionnormally in the path of said lever, means controlled by a coin of higherdenomination than the price I of a newspaper for removing saidobstruction, including a coin slide and means for operatively connectingsaid slide to said obstruction and means for delivering the propernumber of coins from said reservoir in change.

12. In a newspaper vending machine,

means for delivering a newspaper controlled by a variable number ofcoins of variable denomination, means for making change when a coin ofhigher denomination than the price of a newspaper is inserted into saidmachine, a main operating lever operatively connected to said newspaperdelivering means and to the change making means, means for normallylocking said lever, and means for releasing said lever for manualoperation on the insertion of said coins in said machine including coinslides and means for operatively connecting said slides to said lockingmeans.

13. In a newspaper vending machine, a normally locked, manually operablelever, means operatively connected to said lever for delivering anewspaper, means interposed in the path of said lever for locking saiddelivering means, and coin controlled means for releasing saiddelivering means comprising a reciprocable coin slide, a balanced leveroperable adapted to receive coins from said slide near the end thereof,-an electrlc magnet, and means near the other end of said balanced leverfor closing an electric circuit to said magnet for withdrawing saidlocking means.

14. In a newspaper vending machine, means for delivering a newspaper,including a pivoted lever means for normally locking said deliveringmeans comprising spring pressed means interposed in the path of saidlever and means for withdrawing said spring pressed means on theinsertion of coins of the proper number and denomination into saidmachine and means for maintaining said locking means out of the path ofsaid lever until the delivery operation has been completed.

15. In a newspaper vending machine, means for supporting; a pile ofnewspapers, means for removing a; paper from said pile including acoin-controlled lever, coin-controlled means for normally locking saidlever adapted to be released on the insert-ion of coins of iroper numberand denomination in said macliine electrically operable means forreleasing said lever for operation, and means for maintaining said leveroperating preventing means out of the path of said lever until thedelivery operation has been completed, and means for making changeoperatively connected to said lever.

16. In a newspaper vending machine, a coin slide, a balanced coin leveradapted to receive a coin from said slide and to be rotated by saidcoin, a manually operable newspaper delivery lever, means t'or normallylocking said delivery lever, means for partially unlocking said deliverylever on the inward movement of said coin slide, and means forcompletely unlocking said delivery lever on the rotation of said coinlever.

17. In a newspaper vending machine, normally locked means for deliveringa newspaper, means for releasing said delivering means, a balanced leveradapted to be rotated by a predetermined number of coins ofpredetermined denomination for controlling said releasing means, a coinreceiving part on said lever rotatable relatively to the remainderthereof and a change making mechanism by said coin receiving part.

18. In a newspaper vending machine, means for delivering a newspaper, anoperating lever connected to said delivering means, means interposed inthe path of said lever for normally locking said delivering meanscomprising a roll, an arm carrying said roll and an electro magnetadjacent to said arm and a balanced lever adapted to be rotated by coinsinserted into said machine for closing an electric circuit to saidmagnet for withdrawing said roll from the path of said operating lever.

19. In a newspaper vending machine, means for delivering a newspaper, acoin slide, a coin lever adapted to receive coins from said slide and tocontrol said delivering means, and means operatively connected to saiddelivering means for restoring said coin slide to its initial position.

20. In a newspaper vending machine, a coin slide, a coin lever adaptedto receive coins from said slide and to be rotated by said coins, amanually operable newspaper delivery lever, means for normally lockingsaid delivery lever, and means operatively connecting said deliveringlever with said slide for restoring said slide to its initial posi tion.

21. In a newspaper vending machine, a coin lever adapted to receive acoin of predetermined higher denomination than the price of thenewspaper to be vended and to be rotated through a predetermined angleby said coin comprising a front portion, a rear portion and a pinconnecting said portions for relative rotation, means for delivering anewspaper, means for making change for said coin, and a manuallyoperable actuating lever for operating said delivering means and forcausing said front portion of said coin lever to rotate about said pinwhereby said change making mechanism is operated and said coin is causedto drop from said coin lever.

22. In a newspaper vending machine, means for delivering a newspaper, aslide for receiving a coin of higher denomination than the price of thenewspaper vended, means for locking said delivering means, means foroperatively connecting said slide to said looking means for controllingsaid delivering means, and means for making change for said coincomprising a coin reservoir, a plate lever at the lower end of saidreservoir adapted to move a predetermined number of coins less in valuethan that of the coin deposited, and means operatively connected to saiddelivering means for swinging said plate lever.

23. In a newspaper vending machine, means for delivering a newspaper,means arranged in the path of said delivering means for normallypreventing operation of said means, a slide for receiving a coin, meansfor operatively connecting said slide to said operation preventing meansfor controlling the operation of said delivering means, means formaintaining said delivery preventing means out of the path of said meansuntil the delivery operation has been completed and means for makingchange for said coin.

24. In a newspaper vending machine, a con'ipartment for holdin a pile ofnewspapers therein. means for removing and delivering a single newspaperat a time from the bottom of the pile, means for normally locking saidremoving and delivering means, means controlled by one of twopredetermined numbers of coins of low denomination and by a single coinof higher denomination than the price of the newspaper for releasingsaid locking m *ans, including a pair of coin slides, operativelyconnected to said locking means, and means for rendering either of saidslides inoperative, a receptacle for purchase coins of low denomination,and means for deliveringehange for said eoin of higher denomination fromsaid receptacle.

25. In a newspaper vending machine, means for delivering a newspaper, amanual- 1y operable lever operatively connected to said deliveringmeans, coin controlled means ar-

